Who doesn’t miss dancing to the sounds of Aqua and C+C Music Factory? I learned to speak out against the injustices of the AIDS crisis and advocate for equal rights for the LGBTQIA+ community. It is also the city that taught me to be brave walking into my first gay bar, The Garage. It was in Columbus that I learned to have pride in myself as a gay man.
It was through the support of my community that I found the courage to come out. A closeted gay boy from Michigan would find his voice in the heart of Ohio. Little did I know that I would find a school, city, and community that would change my life for the good. Happy PRIDE month, Columbus!ģ0 years ago I first came to Columbus to attend Otterbein. Start flipping the pages to check out what the folks living happily and PRIDE-fully here in Central Ohio have to say. From love to heartbreak and everything in between, you get to hear directly from the people who make up this vibrant group about how they view the world and their place in it. And 614 wanted to take the month of PRIDE and give the cover section over to our loud and proud LGBTQ+ Columbus crowd with their unedited copy, poems, art, photos, stories, and more about their experience here in the capital city. The LGBTQ+ community is strong, powerful, seen and heard here in Columbus.
